The estate of Agatha Christie has just relaunched the author's website, AgathaChristie.com, for the American audience with new features and an emphasis on engaging the visitor into the world of the famous writer.
First time visitors will appreciate the wealth of information available, from background information on Christie's characters (and even a couple of sidekicks) to brief synopses of all the books and stories.
We found the suggested reading order for Christie to be particularly informative. The guidelines suggest it is possible to read, for example, Poirot in any order but note the following points: Read Curtain last, Lord Edgware Dies should be read before After the Funeral, Five Little Pigs should be read before Elephants Can Remember, Cat Among the Pigeons should be read before Hallowe’en Party, Mrs McGinty’s Dead should be read before Hallowe’en Party and Elephants Can Remember, and Murder on the Orient Express should be read before Murder in Mesopotamia. The guidelines for Miss Marple aren't nearly so complicated but they do recommend reading the books out of publication order for maximum enjoyment.
The site has a shop but we'd like to recommend you take a look at some of our own pages for Agatha Christie movies, games, and books.
Agatha Christie DVDs are available at Mysteries on TV in the following categories: Agatha Christie's Poirot, Agatha Christie Marple, and Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence, Partners in Crime.
Agatha Christie games for the PC, Wii, and download are available at Games of Mystery: Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie books may be searched at Amazon.com using this link: Agatha Christie books
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I appreciate having a "selected reading order" when trying to complete reading a favorite author's best works. I often pick up books out of order through online used book swapping sites like www.bookins.com, bookmooch, paperbackswap and others but knowing how they fit together makes the collecting more fruitful.
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